"Two of our reporters Alok Singh and Kaunain Sheriff beaten up by lawyers inside Patiala House court," Indian Express senior journalist Muzamil Jaleel said in a tweet.

Criticising the BJP for using violence as a "diversionary tactic" to take attention off the central government's alleged failures, the Aam Aadmi Party condemned the attack on students and journalists.

"The BJP attacked students and journalists to divert attn from land scam in Gujarat, the falling SENSEX and the INR," Delhi Water Minister Kapil Sharma tweeted.

"I condemn the attack on TV reporters/JNU faculty by few lawyers in Patiala house court. They sud be identified/their license sud be seized," journalist-turned-AAP spokesperson Ashutosh said on the microblogging site.

However, there was no dearth of people who took to social media expressing anguish at the JNU fraternity over the recent incidents.